latest on the radiation released coming from japan. >>darya: we are also attracting a storm. neely is in san francisco. it looks a little bit different. people are waking up and driving around. how is it? >> reporter: and we are catching a break with the rain. it came back down a little hard. it is planned to be like that. come down hard and then stopped. in puddles quickly and did anybody it sees backed up drains or broken branches toured the date they can call up the department of public works and they will come out here. 311 and reported. to this point to be running so be prepared for it. >>darya: ok, good. that is what jim's this thing. >>james: we have a good storm moving through concord. it is over the

interstate 80. but this isn't meant and secured dealing with. no. they is good. look further north. yeah, it'll be here in the next hour or so. in the north bay, not seeing too much. nafta is clearing out and things are coming of just a bit before the next wave comes through. you get reliefer disappeared right now through martinez. seeing some problems. this is the stretch of highway that i was talking about over the benicia a bridge over to the lake appeared bercy in a it seldom moveand.. watching the et separate where we are tracking some spurts of sprinkles here and there. nothing is following here is

a at system that will be headed our way by 9:00 a.m.. we are continually watching the timing on this but it looks at this point making its way to the north. by name, you can seek further it said how intense it will get. i ended 2:00 p.m. it will move toward san jose and we will be dealing with scattered showers in the aftermath. five. your drive home will show localized showers. hit organist with fender and lightning possible. hail as well. we have a lot of cold air backing the system. here is were seven day forecast. the rain for friday, ok.

saturday, letter. sunday, and other system rolling through. it could bring down trees. we are watching for a 10 tracking of this one appeared in the same happens with it. on again and off again the shower activity. a forecast of the closet until thursday. looking at the extent of models we could be set up for and the weekend coming up next week. if you have a weekend plans they may be in jeopardy. you know as we get closer. seven 03 a.m.. good morning george. >>george: good morning james. morgan did was raise for the santa cruz cemetery and that martin ride.. when the. the traffic is light of the metering lights have been active for 30 minutes. no backups. we mentioned at the

denver in bridge, there is of the advisory. here, you see traffic is light. no impact on the ride. in san francisco is a good commute. across town from west freeways, the problems.no promb. slightly slower speeds. there right into campbell should be decreasing with problems. >>mark: thank-you out george. the new killer agency in japan is raisinnew cld

japan is following up with their reactors trying to cool down of the fuel rods. they found that the radiation levels it dropped a bit. they are determining how effective it will be. they are able to pump see water with a generator on to it at least two reactors. as far as the overall disaster it the death toll is climbing to 17,000 dead or missing. >>darya: earlier this morning that the japanese prime minister said that he is committed to doing all that is needed to overcome the nuclear crisis. he stressed that this is not the time for pessimism but the danger surrounding the plant is very real. >> the situation is very

grave. in order to overcome this crisis the police, fire department, itself the defense departments are working together putting their lives on the line in a new attempt to resolve the situation. >>darya: in the meantime as we follow japan at the eyes are turning to a power plant and the u.s.. one of their reactors was not working. for 18 months, operators at the diablo canyon nuclear plant near san luis obispo didn't realize that a system to pump water into one of emergency wasn't working. it disabled by the plant's own engineers, according to a report issued thursday on reactors in the united lists 14 recent "near misses" instances in which serious problems at a plant required federal regulators to respond. the report criticizes both plant operators and the nuclear regulatory commission for allowing some known safety issues to fester.

>>mark: at a quick break as we continue. the latest of libya as the un declares a " no-fly " zone. more on the storm coming up.

>>darya: 710 m and looking at san francisco called. a bit of a break but not for long. >>mark: major developments in libya. it now declaring a cease-fire and stopping all military options. the decision is coming after the u.s. and authorized a " no- fly " zone. they're sending in fighter jets and that

comment ours. britain, france and the u.s. is authorizing the prime minister of libya to stop all attacks. the obama administration is participating in the no-fly zone but right now a cease- fire has been declared. >> isabel: more on libya it right now. the do york times have for journalists that had been reported missing while reporting of the libyan conflict, they have been found. they are a ward winning journalist. the word is that they will be released later on today. they vanished earlier this

week. but times have not heard from them since tuesday. they should be released today. the times is also noting that they were captured by forces of oil to the prime minister. >>darya: 8711 and we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes.

and that not welcome back. let us check with jackie. >> reporter: the high wind

gusts we are experiencing. cold temperatures and the seat at the cells that you talked about. they're pulling on the roadway. of the 0101. it has been like this all morning long. torrential rain will come down for 5-10 minutes and then it will lead up and we will have moments like this where the wind picks up. it is the pattern we have been through all morning long. i'm not sure if that is what we should respect for the rest of the day. >>mark: thank you for the update. james fletcher is tracking the storm. >>james: take a look at this, a wider view. just off shore, all lot of rain. we are tracking our way. it santa rosa is getting a little bit of that. will it take a look at what they are getting. all of the way up

to it north of santa rosa. light to-moderate rain activity is going to intensify as the closer to the 80 am or 9:00 a.m. hour. it is one to be when we start seeing more and more of the cold front pushing into the bay. here is what we are seeing into the north bay. off, just east to vallejo out to be a beat. a couple of cells are moving their way, maybe one half inch an hour. nice and light here. this is where be sought heavier rain. not so bad right now. we are trucking grain south of san jose. as you head to the hills. you'll be dealing with on again/off-again showers. this is what is

coming our way. the timing of this, if they arrive before 9:00 a.m. which is what we expect. we are advancing the beat cop to noon and is looking to be. the colors are going into the red showing heavy rain. we will be dealing with scattered showers and for the rest of the day. it will be intense that time. you can see pockets of heavy rain here. tomorrow is not much of the brick. it is unfortunate because we have a bigger system coming in and send it traded be nice if we had a chance to dry it but the way it is looking at probably will not happen. it is hard to be a what couple of days with a lot of rain headed our way. in our next update will go through, a trend we're expecting. >>george: made, but

pavement. no hot spots. we do have a blend of pfizer in place and have had for about zero, an hour now. the west bound ride is slowly only in the center vein for fast track users. when the advisory issued for it the dumbarton bridge. the traffic is light to get there. the southbound 880 is looking great. no problems coming down towards milpitas. as you can see it right now, it is of little windy but otherwise the pavement is dry. it looks like a good right here. you can see no backup or delays. the taillights or on the right side of the screen, topside of the screen is the commute direction. have not had to talk about public transit because there are no problems. there are doing

great. >>darya: thank you. continuing our team coverage be sent will tran of the red wings to show you what he will be facing if you put towards the peninsula. >>will: i am on the 280. it rainfall is really coming down. if it is not bad enough is really been date sell my car is getting tossed around every now and that. because it is still dark every now and then i hit a paddle. i hydroplane just a bit. fortunately it is early at this time so whatever might happen to me in my car, at least there is plenty of space in between me and the card for to be for me to correct myself. once traffic picks up a bad driving can be tricky. reporting from daly city, will tran, kron4 news. >>mark: we are continuing to monitor the plume of radiation that made the debt

of the plant in tokyo. a traveled thousands of miles across the ocean and on the jet stream. it is expected to reach southern california and we just got word from the diplomat that the radioactive fallout has now reached southern california. the readings are 1 billion at times beneath levels that our help threatening. there are increased levels that are reaching the california coast. they are detected but not expected to have any health consequences. >>darya: ahead of the u.s. regulatory system is say that it could take days or weeks to get the plant under control. president barack obama spoke about it at the white house. here is video of him. also, yesterday while he visited the japanese had this the end wrote a message in a

controllecondolence book. he sat to worry. , >> i know that many americans are also worried about the potential risks to the united states. so i want to be very clear: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the united states, whether it's the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. let me repeat that: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. we've also deployed some of our leading experts to help contain the damage at japan's nuclear reactors. we're sharing with them expertise, equipment, and technology so that the courageous responders on the scene have the benefit of american teamwork and support. >>darya: meantime, the president says the u.s. must learn from the crisis. he has a comprehensive review it for all nuclear plants in

u.s.. there are more than 100. they provide 20 percent of our nation's electricity. >>mark: we have been watching wall street. the dow was up 130 points. as word of the cease-fire sent stocks higher this morning and oil prices lower. the economy is in bad shape and it has risen as a possible result from gas prices. the economic condition is rated as " pork or"families are having a harder time getting by with gas prices. gas can be as high as $5 and a gallon by the end of the year. 38 percent of americans are facing unemployment.

>>darya: will be back with more and just a couple here is a look at the james watt. will be right back.

>>mark: we have already seen heavy and downfalls and more to come. warning of showers on monday and a few on tuesday and wednesday. >>darya: they are all out of bids for the bit breakers. they are sold out, the first time in history. the race is may 15th. they are famous for their infamous, we are not joining in, we are registered.

remember, kron4 news it is stored data breaker station. and then that we will be back in a few minutes. here is a look at the embarcadero. at the to break in the race right now.

>>darya: will come back, we are looking at storm trucker for. who will be hit hard? the storm will be with us all day. iwe are waiting for a nother round to move in. we have a double life look. in the upper corner is san our file. the roads are quite to dry out but to no point as they have more rain

on the way. it looks good, we get a break. people picking up might think the storm is over. >>james: it do not think that for one minute. we have a lot of prayed making its way down. the rate is point to get a lot more intense as the cold front comes in. sen rosanta rosa is showing a slight to moderate trade. it is not too heavy towards petaluma. it is going to intensify. this is the situation. moderate rainfall in a moment ago is lightening up. fairfield is dealing with heavy rainfall. if you are there you have it right now but it will move off of you. sliding the maps before there.further we are seet

rains again. in the the s&p we head a cell that is now pushing off. nothing too heavy. it is enough to get you to turn on your wipers. do not forget. 80s the law. --it is the law. over here at this boundary line is where we will seek the heaviest rain. thunderstorms, lightning. let us talk about how much rain we're expecting. i'm going to the advanced the clock through saturday and sunday. let us see what the totals are like. watch as the clock advances. pretty and press it. into sunday night we aren't looking at a lot of rain coming down. 2.3 and senin san francisco. 3 in.

in napa. we will watch for flooding advisory's and we will let you know when they come. there is an advisory right now for solano county. it is in effect for it sunday and saturday night. streams and creeks and mud and debris slides possible. also look a lot of flooding of low-lying areas. looking beyond this weekend our forecast shows that instability continues at the chance of showers may beat set up for another weekend be on this one. 7:33 a.m., sorry i do not have better days. >>george: good morning. for the first and we're seeing a back up. has a blended price

report the bay bridge. a couple of the pfizer is. bay bridge, no incidences' reported however he will notice the traffic is slow. past the first over cross. it used to beat the oakland army base but there is no longer an army base there. the traffic from the 80 looks good. it is the best approach from the bridge. also the ride from the dumbarton bridge. let us take a look at the ride from interstate 880. the set bound ride looks good. really, not sluggish. you know, there have been advisories issued for the ride through center chris weapons. highway 17 from summit to moscow as. our

camera shows that the conditions are good. on dry pavement and nbc ride with the bath tub. mark? >>mark: thank-you. we have been tracking the storm. >> reporter: good morning mark. we're getting a bit of a break. you want to be prepared for the worse because what it did come out it came down hard. it is getting colder so bundle up. where is your code because it will only get colder. >>mark: thank you for the update. >>darya: now for the latest from japan. the safety agency has placed the ratings from a 42 at 5. it is on a scale that goes up to seven. there are now wider consequences. crews are scrambling to put water

on the nuclear reactor no. 3. this is the fourth round of this operation. in falls drops of water from helicopters. a white paper could be seen rising after it was doused by water. japan's prime minister addressed that nation and again. today he went on tv saying be a monster earthquake has been a great test for all of the people in japan. he also expresses confidence that the japanese have a great results and a will to carry on. the added situation at the power plant is very grave and they're doing all that is needed to fix the crisis. at 246 their time they it marked the moment of silent for remembering it the because ago when the earthquake struck. they're sending a

message not to be discouraged. more than 17,000 people are dead or missing. >> reporter: good morning, at japan's engineers are discussing it. the nuclear plant can't stand and concrete is the last resort to prevent a massive release. this is the same process be used to great trouble back in 1986. -- chernoble. hopefully, their current plan will help to cool the cigarettes.heating rod >> there is a cease-fire in libya. it it was just putting that to have a no-

fly zone by the united nations. no word if that prime minister will allow fighter jets to come. here are at the rebels celebrated the no-fly zone. the troops are 60 mi. of side of the city and they were about to launch a major offensive against the rebels and told the cease fire was declared. >>darya: at the former new york times journalists who were missing while covering the conflict in libya have been released. for or captured by it will forces and libya. they will be released today. information at but their whereabouts was given to a reporter walt in an interview. is it a look

of the storm heading the bay area. in the no. 8 you can see the blade. it is the chili and we may see hill.ail.

>>darya: the traffic here i will let creek is nice and light. we're seeing a high of 58 this afternoon. will likely will get wet like everybody it. gm is halting production at a pickup truck plant in louisiana because of a shortage in parts coming from japan. they're going to close the plant next weekend is not clear when it will resume. is the first time that automakers are stopping production in north america overt part shortages caused by it the quake. they plenty of cars

to suit said need and demand and hope to be up soon. >>mark: the disaster in japan could cause prices to go up. there went to hike up the price because of shipment is scoring to be slowing down. the preius and the yaris are some of the models that will be costing more. the back up on the deposit is continuing to grow. we will be right back. (music)

>>george: welcome back. we're following new updates with the nuclear plant. three of the reactors have

been severely damaged. officials are saying that the reactor cores and all three of their reactors, three of six have partially melted. >>darya: libya's foreign minister is saying that there is a cease-fire against the rebels. there's also a no-fly zone. the un has not yet announced their role but britain will send fighter jets to enforce the action. >>mark: that data breakers race is sold it. this is the first time in history that they have been sold it. it has done so with two whole months remaining before the 100th run on may 15th. the better breakers are also announcing the sponsors. they produce custom products. they're also going to sponsor the race next year. and watch the bay of

breakers here from home. >>darya: lot of rain. and snow. >>james: yes. chain requirements will kick and it soon. they're looking for a one-2 ft.. this is a cold front that we have been promising all morning long. it is holding true to the timeframe that we have been expecting it to read. the eight to 9:00 hour. sure enough here it is. right rain with heavier rain coming in paris expected to intensify. here is what is out in the pacific. it is bringing us a cold front that you can bring out here with the clubs. this is what is pushing on shore.

dropping the snow levels to 4,000 ft.. they could see anywhere from 1-2 ft. of chelation. sunday. is a second storm system. 8:00, i o'clock hour. intensify. can't see it getting a little bit heavier. but it will push through and intensify it, have the grand in the middle of the bay at a lunch hour and as we push into to p.m. we will see the heaviest rain go past says it. the alleged says sandoz it.-- san jose and. sunday it will be intense. the next wave of water it will be coming our way. it is dumping probably if not as much water, at a tilt more.

if you are headed to tahoe. snow. >>george: as we continue to track your ride, when the advisers but no hot spots. and good size backup that has eased here. still, only slow for the bulk of the traffic from the middle of the parking lot. as a good ride. wind advisory here. of the dumbarton bridge has had a blender advisory in

effect. so does the it sent a file bridge. like traffic here on both sides of that bridge. managed to escape

that vehicle. >>darya: i want to see it again. >>mark: he turns here. then he gets carried away and he's turning in his car. he did manage to get it. >>george: michael bloomberg is to bring a campus to n.y. for stamford. it is going to bring more technology business in new york. it could cost up to $1 billion to build and what has up to

2200 graduate students. and >> half of the cuts and loans proposed for it budget shortfalls are going to beat and resolve it for now. there is a special election in june for tax hikes. dearborn to try and fill the other half of the budget shortfall. a prosecutor it planned to dismiss a dozen cases made it by the now suspended contraband team. 40 cases are being revealed. the private investigator christopher butler was arrested on drug charges. both of these men are out on bail. they stole drugs from the evidence room and sold them.

>>george: is 7:53 a.m. here is a live look out side. we will be a recorright back

>>darya: if the moon looks a bit brighter and bigger it there is a reason. saturday's full moon is going to beat a perigee men. it is the biggest in a few years. it reaches its closest point in the orbit around the earth. it will appear 14% larger according to nasa. 40 percent greater than usual. that is a lot brighter is it not? if you miss a you'll need to wait till 2020 ninth to see that. do not be the amount. (laughter) --the math. >>mark: ray is coming off

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>> darya: 80 a.m. top stories of officials raised the severity rating of the nuclear power plants. concerns continued to grow. >> mark: the latest set of libya the government closing air space. gaddafi declaring a cease-fire. >> james: watching storm tracker for, all of that rain to the north that cold front is coming our way. we will tell you when rain will get heavy coming up. >> george: despite wet weather,

hot spot free commute there are wind advisories and some roads, i will tell you about that straight ahead. >> live from the mornin >> darya: thanks for tuning in at 8:00 a.m., >> mark: we have the tv coverage of the storm that is slamming the bay area. and the latest developments out of japan. the new killer incident at the plant from a level for up to level 5. level four incident has local consequences, level 5 is a wider consequences. you can see parts of the plant that has been destroyed. they are still evaluating the water spring. they're trying to cool down the

reactors. they connected the cooling equipment to diesel generators, that allowed seawater to be pumped directly into too of the reactors. >> darya: japan said prime minister said he is committed to do all that is needed to overcome this nuclear crisis. >> the situation surrounding the accident is still very grave. in order to overcome this crisis the police, fire department, self-defense forces, and other groups are working together would in their lives on , in an attempt to resolve the situation. >> darya: the death toll has gone up. most recent numbers

show 6900 people are confirmed dead, the death toll between dead and missing is closer to 17,000. + 452,000 people without homes. >> mark: an update on bay area weather, james fletcher tracking the storm. >> james: we are seeing the meat of the storm appeared in the north bay. jackie is live in san rafael long 1 01. the clouds to the north are the ones we're watching. we are seeing the cold front beginning to come into view. light showers so far the north bay but this will intensify. that stretch of 101 you see the blue light showers. even the green is still light. heavier sells off of napa. castle over highway 37 right now. otherwise the rest of the

day so far so good. dry for now except for a drizzle or two. the system is coming down from the north and we expect to see the biggest rain of the day. this is the satellite view, not a lot of cold air behind it drops are temperatures, and are snow levels. giving us the real possibility of it will be impressive as we track it. a a.m. that's when we expect the showers in the north bay that are light right now to start to become more moderate and happy. as we advance towards the heart of the bay area dealing with the heavier rain, red indicated on the charts. then scattered showers be on that. 70 forecast we are talking about a rain storm today, scattered showers tomorrow every rain for sunday. it will be a wet three days ahead of us. a

lot of high winds, saturated soil. we could have balance of power lines. >> george: it has been a good morning for the bay area. we have had a lot of rope wet road ways. no hot spots for your drive. 580 has been much lighter than usual, and then yesterday. 680 south and walnut creek looks good. we will start with the bridges bay bridge a wind advisory has been in place for about an hour-and-a-half, but there is a much about back up. it doesn't reach to the adt over cross, wended pfizer is up for the bay bridge, richmond san rafael bridge, dumbarton bridge, san mateo bridge as well. but the traffic leading across the span is solid green. he word ride on the 880 through hayward,

leading to 92 no back up for delays. we mention the walnut creek ride 680, not only is it like leading from pleasant hill south, the ride into the san ramon valley toward almost no backup or delayed. problem free for transit as well though delays. >> darya: team coverage continues, yoli is in san francisco. it doesn't look like you need the umbrella at the moment. >> reporter: some people didn't look prepared for the day. don't let the rain stopping fool you. when it comes down it comes down hard. it's been like that all morning long. it stops and comes, stops and comes. the wind has picked up so we know that is going to get colder. >> darya: thank you for the

warning. a break now but not the case later so have your coat an umbrella. >> mark: we will be right back coming up the latest out of libya, could there be a cease- fire? the government closing airspace to all traffic. coming up as the news continues. we are watching the rain moving through.

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key cities according to the rebels. this after the foreign minister announced the governor would stop military attacks. un passed a resolution that has a no-fly zone over libya. all military measures except for a ground invasion is on the table. they said they will do what's necessary to prevent libyan authorities from attacking civilians. there are 10 warships off the libyan coast right now. they could attack at any moment. let's go to the newsroom. >> reporter: secretary of state secretary of state hillary clinton says the killing of civilians leaves the world know choice but to threaten will military action. the goal is to get rid of gaddafi, he refuses calls to stop killing

civilians, sheehan united states will only be impressed with actions not words. no word on what kind of military action could take place or when it would begin. >> mark: we will be right back as a morning news continues. the rain is moving in, but it is studying various world to.

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>> gray: if you watch the last five minutes of each game, yesterday was terrific. just so people know when you're on tv you have to say something. i'm really gonna go around and worry if pleasanton is watching too much or not enough. my point is if it weren't for the briquettes, people gambling people would not care about the games. i say 78 and a half percent of the people who claim they are interested would go away. >> darya: your bright debbrackeg low receipts. richmond was an upset, do we have highlights from that one? >> gray: is set on our web site? >> darya: no i don't think it is. >> gray: my friend is the gm and

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is my tech crew. it's a music video. (music) it shows the highlights, he scored 32 points. >> gray: is that put together by you why you? >> darya: it's a big thing people are into this. >> gray: he is the one guy in the tournament the you know who we is. >> darya: watching a lot of games, i think if people are big fans you would think if i'm only joining the games now, i'm missing a lot of good basketball. >> gray: i'm the wrong guy. have to watch the new show, i need to know was on. i want to sit down

and watch nameless faceless people. i wanted to an end to watch a sporting event of i don't know who the players are. >> darya: so you know who they are if there in the draft. >> gray: if they capture your imagination of oneness see what he can do and that's my only gripe with the tournament. unless it's a team from your area. you don't know who's playing. >> darya: what about when charlie sheen plays. you know he's coming. >> gray: he's been selling out dates in the east is the coming year? >> darya: he is! he puts upper comic looking she in here. wednesday night, it's one hour 15 minutes. he said not hill auditorium ticket prices are

50-$100. he's making $7 million of 01 months of taurus. >> gray: you have to put it? out there. if he's not crazy, if he's not using drugs, this is his way of saying i'm going to have fun and tweak everybody. he's a genius. >> darya: i don't want to go to use stream and see him rant. but i think this is something you want to see horses at the weird. >> gray: if somehow turns out he's been perfectly clean and sober he's able to deal with his children and all that stuff, he has the last laugh. when you see the videos he does look crazy and you don't laugh at somebody who's nuts. apparently these tours are selling out. >> darya: it's listed under comedy show. he's getting up

there with a monologue, get the cheap seats they need not have to sit to close in case. >> gray: you ever see a movie network? you think he's stealing that peter finch act. i'm mad as hell and not taking it anymore. >> darya: yes maybe join me and my tiger blood. san francisco is going to sell stuff, it's crazy. >> gray: as much as i laugh i'm sure we will have live reports in front of the theater. >> darya: 7,000,001 month. >> gray: but think of the taxes. remember i don't watching kron 4 morning news and less you or mark around. >> darya: and i don't talk look

at the sports unless we are on. 8:21 p.m. we will be right back.

>> mark: tracking heavy rain making its way up in the north bay as we take the lead sweep. the yellow cell sitting offshore making its way towards petaluma, in san rosa. this line of heavy rain headed to the north bay right now. heavier rain at 853, towards 1 01. we will have another cell developing just off shore at the san mateo coast line, that will move to woodside around 9 06 a.m. >> george: a check of traffic shows a bigger back up at the toll plaza then we have seen at any other time this morning. we are free of incidents on the upper deck, we have a high wind advisory here. >> mark: more on the weather,

will tran has been around he has an update. >> will: northbound past daily city, the rainfall is coming down at this time causing loss of puddles on the road by. if that wasn't bad enough it is windy out here. my car gets tossed around every now and then appear because it is still dark every now and then i was ahead of puddles. and hide your pain just a bit. it is still early at this time so whatever might happen to me in the car, there is plenty of space between me and the car front of me to correct myself. once we get a live bit later in the morning driving can be tricky. reporting from northbound 280 will tran kron 4 news. >> darya: 8:26 a.m. we wanted check wall street to take of the at the big board. the dow was looking good, it is up

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>> mark: good morning there rain is picking up jackie is live in san rafael. >> reporter: can see how heavy the wind is out here. haven't seen any rain for i would say one hour or so. you can see those clouds to the west. at points this morning we had wind, cold temperatures and rain coming down in sheets. it would last 10-15 minutes and then it would go way. the looks like we are starting to get another cell. you can see the black clouds rolling in. >> mark: let's get the latest with the storm with james fletcher. >> james: it is all sitting

offshore right now. this is a cold front we have been waiting for, here it is slowly coming onshore. this showers are light but getting heavier. san rosa seeing it right now, you can see from novato all the way past san rosa the color gets darker and darker. heavier rain still to the north but they are tracking down. we expect the heavier rain to arrive at about 9:00 a.m. in about half hour from now things will get more intense. so far the predictions have been holding true. here's a shot of it from the satellite perspective. the storm spins in a counterclockwise position. this entire system will begin to track south over the weekend.

here seen today is cold front coming from the north to the south appeared let's break it down. the heavier rain at 9:00 a.m. you can see that with the yellow. but once we get to noon, a look at how much red on the screen. heavy showers by lunch hour. by 2:00 p.m. the bulk of the rain will head south of san jose. we will still deal with showers heavy at times. as we move it toward the 5:00 p.m. still dealing with heavy showers out there. that will be the forecast for today. heavy rain between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and thundershowers for the remainder of the day and into the day tomorrow. it is not the only system. we have a storm just as powerful coming in on sunday. it will have more wind and rain. up word 3 in. of rain

falling in the santa cruz mountains it doesn't bode well for the streams. a 30 1:00 a.m. could morning george. >> george: this morning we have been keeping our attention on the bridges, we have had no hot spots, but we have wind advisor is for the bay bridge a number of other bridges. we have the real back up of the morning for the west bound bay bridge. usually if we have a light day at the bay bridge. it's like this may be in the 6:00 a.m. our and by the 80 am our it has cleared out. it's actually been growing a little bit. it's not a bad back up but it is bigger than it has been. wind advisories here and here at the richmond san rafael bridge. sam a tale bridge in the dunbar bridge. --san mateo--let's kill

look at your ride on 101. this time through marin county. this is the southbound side the top of your screen. this is the non commute direction. light traffic either way through san rafael on 1 01. your ride this morning on 580, it was a bit hot spot yesterday has been pretty light with speeds that the limit at or aor at balls.above. >> darya: japan has raised the rating of the nuclear crisis from 4 to 05. that still goes to seven. a level for as local consequences, off five has a wider consequences. that is the case now. they're trying to shoot water from fire engines in

their round the reactor no. 3. this is the fourth round of this operation which involves the ground water as well as drops from a helicopter appearer. the japanese prime minister addressing the nation again today. saying it was a great test for all the people in japan but he expressed confidence they have great results and a will to overcome the tragedy. adding the situation is very grave, and they are committed to doing all that is needed. japan pa's dead to 40 6:00 p.m. so earlier this morning for us for moment of silence to mark the one week. this is video of that moment of

silence. now they have to build from scratch over 17,000 people dead or missing in this disaster. over in the united states operatounited states. f, operators at the diablo canyon nuclear plant near san luis obispo didn't realize that a system to pump water into one of their reactors during an emergency wasn't working. it had been accidentally disabled by the plant's own engineers, according to a report issued thursday on the safety of nuclear reactors in the united states. the report, from the union of concerned scientists watchdog group, lists 14 recent "near misses" instances in which serious problems at a plant required federal regulators to respond. the report criticizes both plant operators and the nuclear regulatory commission for allowing some known safety issues to fester. >> mark: monitoring the radiation that is being released and watching its track across the pacific. this is the expected path. we were expecting a possibility of nuclear fallout. now we get

word radiation plume has reach southern california. word from dippydiplomat. earlier this morning they got the first readings of radiation 1 billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening. they were expecting radiation to hit the west coast. it is being picked up by detectors but no health concerns. >> darya: 8:36 a.m. we will be back with morning couple of minutes. a peek at ththe bay bridge. we will be right back.

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>> mark: watching storm tracker for heavier rains towards marin

county and heavier sell off the coast at the peninsula. we will follow the storm as we see heavy waves of grain moving to the bay area. let's go to the news room. >> reporter: following breaking news out of santa fe texas. live pictures from our chopper camera. a building collapsed at the school, workers are injured. looks like a high school, this is obviously looking at a picture of the construction company that was doing more, a company. part of the building collapsed in santa fe texas. some workers are injured. let's stay with these pictures a bit longer. maybe the camera will pull out and see different view. i will be sure to bring you more

a new spirit they are focusing on this third area, there is an area take off. i don't know how many people were injured. or how they did get hurt. this didn't happen too long ago for a mission will flow in. that is a very latest. >> darya: 8:41 a.m., you cannot get a >> for the bay to breakers. all rightist frustrations have been sold appeared we have two months to go before the race is actually held on may 15th. it is notorious for people joining in with no numbers. we also announced there's a new sponsor. it is that's all they make custom products like t-shirts and products. kron 4 is your bay

to breakers station. >> darya: we will be right back a look outside right now over san francisco.

>> mark: out of japan they believe the spent fuel pool has a breach in the wall or floor. this creates a major problem to refill the pool. the spent fuel rods that are in the pool, do not have their own containment vessel. and any particles and gases could easily spew into the environment if it begins to burn because it's not cold. the pool contains 130 t of uranium fuel

is located in the building that was damaged by fire or explosions. >> darya: we are on the phone with peter and nuclear professor but what's going on in japan. what do you think the danger is? what does it mean they upgraded the severity? >> caller: i think it's simply because it has worsened. the incident is more severe due to the fact that. >> mark: are you monad during radiation levels?--monitor- >> caller: yes we installed several detectors. right now

we're looking at the data from last night and analyzing it. i can give you exact number spirit as the best way we did not see anything. i am confident we will measure something but i'm also confident it won't cause damage. >> darya: think you peter. 8:47 a.m. we wanted to look at the weather. >> james: it is getting exciting, almost to the men that our predictions have been accurate so far. we said that about 9:00 a.m. we should seize the reins intensify in the north bay. we have a good band moving again. right now the rainfall rates are half of an inch per hour. this will attract the east

and south. we expect san rafael, novato to see some rain momentarily. we are following a cell on the peninsula as well. we have rain moving into san mateo. also looking at there were wide you here. it is pushing and, what is interesting here is the bay area. tom hall, up in late in bill on highway one. the bureau said it is coming down as snow. in have an inch of snow already. that is something we will watch. tahoe seeing snow on 80, chains will be required soon if not already. let's give you a www.showbomb.com review. if you're headed up their spirits

sink great snow on the ground. heavenly 99 in., 13 lets, 47 runs. sugar bowl hundred and 24, three days, 9 lifts, 91 runs. one last look kirkwood will grow 12 lifts open, 72 runs available. a complete look at your 70 forecast. >> george: we have been tracking when the advisory fees for bay area bridges. no hot spots at the bay bridge toll plaza, things are backed up to the 880 over cross pier the windy advisory for the hit richmond san rafael bridge, san mateo bridge, and done our

bridge. traffic is good from both ends of the bridge. a little heavy on 1 01 south through palo alto for your ride down to the south bay. through san francisco, drive payment on the inbounds central, the james lick as well. what you see here is the kind of traffic we have seen for most of the bay area this morning despite its the rain is all little lighter than usual. >> darya: we have amazing video. this car is driving. the tsunami hats. he is what the local media. his car floats away. at first you see the water going over the wall. and then he thinks what can i do? he goes to the left to try and get away from the water. that water was 6

ft. high. he tries to turn, his car is carried by the car. he escaped this. >> mark: gm deciding to halt production of his pickup truck plant because of a shortage of parts from japan. they will close the next week and it's unclear when production will be started up again. the automaker saying they have plenty of cars right now to meet demand. the >> darya: the disaster could car caused car prices to rise here. shipments of cars have slowed down. biters are typically going to have to pay sticker prices is that of having discounts. toyota's prius as well as hondas are among the models suddenly seeing the cost rise. >> mark: we will be right back.

oil prices sank, and stock prices shoot up. word now fighting persists in libya.

>> darya: 8:55 a.m. here's a look at tahoe it looks cold. no snow at this point but it looks like they will get one-2 ft. of snow from this storm. we will get a rain off and on and. a bit of a break right now, but those clouds are looming over san francisco. it is cool in the low 50s, maybe a high of 56 with the rain. if the moon looks bigger and brighter over this weekend

there is a reason. saturday's full moon will be a super perigee moon. the biggest in 20 years. in happens when it reaches the closest point around the earth. it will appear 14% larger, 30% brighter than usual. catch it while you can because the next time it happens will be 2029. >> mark: the number of americans who thinks the economy is in bad shape is higher. a poll shows 84 percent rate the economic condition as pork. that is up nine points from january. they say their family is having a hard time getting by with the gas prices, 8-10 sa38 percent tk unemployment is the number-one problem. >> darya: if you consider

yourself a nerd and you the been the bay area you don't have to go too far to find a mate. the three california cities make the top five, we are talking about highly educated not nerds appeared sunnyvale is a number one place to find yourself your very own, smart guy or gal. next is cambridge massachusetts. berkeley is no. 4, sent a clear no. 5. we have a lot of places worried by its more people. >> darya >> mark: with pocket protectors (laughter) the rain is picking up in sonoma county right now. we will be right back.

>> mark: top stories the latest on the storm moving into the bay area. >> darya: the severity warning in japan as concerns grow we will tell you what this means for united states. >> mark: the latest set of libya they have closed the air space to all traffic. will gaddafi honor the cease-fire. plus the new no-fly zone. >> live from the bay area new station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> darya: friday march 18th, >> mark: attack on your weekend weather with the wet weather coming in. >> james: storm trucker for shows it is getting dicey, apart of a larger cold front moving it to the bay area. 9:00 a.m. we predicted things would get heavy and sure enough there

it is. we have a heavy band approach to petaluma, novato. it is tracking to the east, moving slightly south. this whole front is moving south as well. things will bit dicey from san rafael all the way to peddle appeared look for that next half hour or so. also tracking the sell off half monday. we expect that to make landfall presume. so showers will get more intense for you. everybody ought to run bay will be ok. it is moving slowly to the south so you will get part of that cold front some time today we are seeing heavy rain to the north, advancing the clock to the heavy showers intensify. heavy showers throughout the heart of the bay. scattered

breezy showers. by 2:00 p.m. the ban move south of san on say but we have a lot of thunder activity, lightning, thunder and. that's the way will be through the day today and tomorrow. then sunday a separate storm that is just as strong. our temperatures not getting out of the mid-50s for the remainder of the weekend, lot of wind with that. upwards of 3 in. of accumulations' along the santa cruz range. you will be a good weather maker. nine 02 a.m. let's say good morning to george. >> george: bay area bridges not tracking hotspots. we had been watching wind advisories and.

not a problem right now. here at the san mateo bridge, windy advisory in place, also the dunbar bridge, and for the richmond san rafael bridge. light traffic onto interstate 80, leading to the bridge for marin county no problems there. looking at the commute in walnut creek, interstate 680 was a problem yesterday, both southbound into walnut creek and southbound from. today it is very light traffic in both directions. the san ramon valley commute is all the way down to dublin interchange is a light one. >> darya: team coverage of the weather and traffic with jackie he is in san rafael this morning. how's it going?

>> reporter: i'm about ready to be blown away. these gust are about 30 mi. an hour. we will have to give james r. raise. on cue he talked about all morning about 9:00 a.m. the sauce would come through. almost the stroke of 9 the rain started falling we had cells move through earlier this morning darya. torrential downpours, it only lasted 5-10 minutes. it looks like it is darkening up. it is these strong wind gusts that are prevalent right now. it will make driving in a difficult task this morning. >> darya: nothing worse you don't know if that downpour's going to hit on your morning commute. >> mark: out of japan and the

ugly one week after the earthquake in tsunami the agency is raising the severity you raise the of that accident at the plant to a five as the death toll continues to climb a level for incident, as local consequences, level 5 all water consequence. six reactors and you can see for have damage. officials are still evaluating the water spraying. yesterday they connected cooling equipment to diesel generator that allowed them to pump see water directly into too of the damage reactors. 17,000 people are dead or missing from this disaster. japanese prime minister said they are committed to doing all they can do to overcome this crisis. he stressed it's not a

time for pessimism and the danger is very wrong. >> the situation surrounding the accident is grave. in order to overcome this crisis, the police, fire department, self- defense forces, and other groups are working together putting their lives on the airline in an attempt to resolve the situation. >> mark: the most recent numbers put the death toll at 6900, and 10,000 people are still accounted for. 452,000 people are homeless. >> darya: we will be back with more moment. the crisis in

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>> darya: taking no look at the are rain clouds hanging over us. some people still getting harder all ready. 51 degrees in san francisco off high of 56 under rain this afternoon. taking a peek at the big board. up 112 points. >> mark: the latest out of libya. libyan rubble spokesperson saying the cease- fire that was to clear this morning has been broken. rebel saying forces are attacking key cities. here's the the last night when united nations passed the no fly zone they were about to be attack by forces

celebrating that announcement. then for the minister saying it would stop all military actions against the rebels. western powers are now trying to prevent more attacks on these rebels after the resolution was passed beard air strikes on possibility against libyan forces u.s. and other nations have 10 warships. >> reporter: president barack obama and current rational leaders are talking about the situation in libya. president barack obama is meeting with lawmakers at the white house, the meeting was quick to start at noon eastern time so it is happening right now. this afternoon he will make a statement on the situation in libya. we will let you know what he says right here a kron 4 news. >> mark: hillary clinton says

world is waiting to see if forces retreat from areas in east. the u.s. is not impressed by the claim of a cease-fire, saying we would have to see action on the ground and that is not yet at all clear. >> darya: we will be back with more a couple of minutes.

>> darya: 9:15 a.m. with the problem with the nuclear plant japan getting worse and not better. let's talk to the public health director. a lot of people still wondering and watching nervously in the united states. >> caller: good morning. i am with the department of public health. we understand concerned, we are likewise

concerned expression for people in japan who are o'clock close proximity to the plant. we want to reiterate that we are sheltered from the impact of the radiation by the distance between california and japan. while we may be able to detect radiation, it is not expected to be out of the spectrum of what are normal background radiation is. we don't expect a large increase or any radiation that would be of any health risk to people. the best expert opinion we have gone so far, from our experts, this would be even a

fraction of the normal environmental radiation, then any medical radiation that people might get from an x-ray. >> darya: why did they upgraded it from off for 25.a 4 to a 5? >> >> caller: because in japan very close proximity to the source. we have a large margin of safety because of our distance. because radiation is dispersed, it will drop been to radiatio. as it iss

there's not that injunction and to the jet stream right now appeared the vast majority is being washed out of the atmosphere into the ocean. our rainy wet whether it is also contributing to the spirit you have to separate their risk of the japanese people no risk to us. >> darya: give me an idea if this bill goes to seven, here in the united states as we had any sixes or seven what would be our biggest number. >> caller: i don't know the last major issue. i think it was three mile island. i don't know what they put that on as a scale. i would have to say was

high at the scale. the last major disaster worldwide was chernobyl, i assume that was at the top of the scale although i don't know. that was as bad as it gets. yet we did not see any radiation that caused an impact in this country from chernobyl. >> darya: just before let you go, the seriousness is at japan and not for us. does this scare you or were you at all? >> caller: we lost our connection. >> darya: sorry. are you worried at all over all vulnerability.?

visitant concern you at all with what we have to do here when you look at the plant over there? >> caller: i cannot comment on the safety of our plants appeared they are engineered for any anticipated earthquake we have, all our plans are completely different type of plant from these plants in japan, which are quite old, in a different design. that is not my area of expertise. i cannot comment on that. we both have strong emphasis on safety on up our plans. what we are responsible for is the emergency response plan incorporation with the nuclear regulatory commission. we have a detailed plan, we exercise it regularly

with the community surrounding these plants. i will say that the role for potassium iodine is not for these kinds of situations, it is for the community surrounding their plants if we have a problem that resulted in nuclear releases. >> darya: thank you for the that this morning. >> mark: on to weather and traffic let's go to james. >> james: we have a heavy band of rain moving and, it is encroaching on more locations. you see it up through novato, the cell is gradually moving to the north and east. san rafael you are calling to get more wet as the system moves towards you. pulling out we can see a consistent band of rain here. we

have walnut creek camera we can show you where we have that rain coming down. enough that it is obscured the view here. we will rounded out by looking at the satellite, it will give us a one-two punch. today and sunday. we will begin o'clock here this morning and dancing it to sunday night. watch these totals grow. by sunday evening we could look at 3 in. in the north bay else, and the santa cruz mountains. two and half in san francisco and oakland. this will be a wet weekend. we could expect down trees as a result. high winds and cold air. snow levels getting down 3,000 ft.. we got a call way up north from of your who already got snow up there. more on the kron 4 morning news

and a minute.

>> mark: some amazing video here, the tsunami hitting this car. the man tried to turn the corner to get away from the wall of water his call was floating in the tsunami wave. the man eventually escapes. >> darya: a sports reporter was covering this game. one and s u b nearly runs him over. he was in the middle of a live shot one that happened. a photographer actually jumped behind the moving truck. that is what prompted the driver to stop. the

reporter was on faced, he went on and finished the story and made a joke. >> mark: a college student uses a social network side to get help after clark's broken to the home. he heard his grandmother screen, he updated his status as a helper. his best friend called 911, jack beatty is arrived, arresting one of the two suspects. two of them got away. they left behind enough evidence police believe they will catch them. >> darya: will be back with more of a couple of minutes.

>> james: intense showers iii napa at clearthrough napa, san d get ready and now there is. it goes all the way to novato. all of this in the north and east as this egg south. two things going to play, the storm's coming from new and the whole thing moving from the west. it will be interesting to try and pick out who will get the heavy rain. north of san francisco over the water, another one over by s f all. don't be surprised is we continue with delays as the heavy band of rain

continues. 680, 24 interchange they are getting intense rain right now. if you are headed that way you will deal with heavy showers. this is the system, it is swirling, that's why we are getting showers from the south and west. this moves through the weekend bringing rain today, but right behind that is what we experience sunday. we get a one to punch. accumulations will be intense. watch as i fast forward to sunday evening to try and capture both of these stores. look at how much storm comes down. 3 in. in napa. 2.6 in novato, 2 novato, 2 in san francisco. 3 in. or more

expected in the north. trees could topple because of the winds. the cooled air so you have healed, thunderstorms. if you're hoping to get out saturday in between the storms. i wouldn't risk it. it will looks like we will be wet straight through. >> george: the weather has been responsible for a wind advisory as this morning, from highway 17 and then bay area bridges. that is really what we have concentrated on this morning. no major incidents or hot spots this morning. light at the bay bridge, the last time we sought it was backed up to the 880 over cross, now you see it dissipating. it is like what we saw yesterday for the bay bridge ride. the advisory is here and a

number of other bay area bridges. close low traffic across the span, san mateo bridge as a wind advisory so does the richmond san rafael bridge. the right through san francisco, as we track the commute, reining in the city, but not much of an impact on the central freeway or the james lick freeway. remember delays are likely at s at all. no delays to public transit hit has been the quiet morning they're all morning long. >> darya: all our other big story of course is still was going on and japan. and the harbor after the tsunami send a surge in to the docks. let's go live in santa cruz taking a look at the latest. (no audio) the

(no audio >> craig: yesterday was of that beautiful day in calm weather, they say there is not a serious threat from the waves but the swells to come out, that may cause divers to have to contain with thathat. this is the chann, the opening to the harbor. coast guard about to come over here this sonar broke a large obstacle under this entrance to the harbor. they want to find out what it is an holiday appeared the sooner they can do that the sooner they can get this open. there are several

objects the couple appeared as for boats they are mostly sound in their births, not in our mental threat to either. >> darya: thank you. >> mark: following their radiation plume, there has been reports of slight increases in radiation in california. scientists say will not be harmful to anyone, that's not stopping people from making a run on potassium iodine. >> reporter: it is sold out, we started getting calls sunday. >> will: how quickly did you sellout? >> we sold it right away. >> will: how many do to reorder?

>> 64 yesterday, those are sold out and we still have to help request appeared >> will: so another hundred potassium iodine bottles? and there's a waiting list for that? >> yes i think the concern is thoughvalid. i would give people priority closer to the incident area appeared >> will: you may not be the only one tried to get ahold of iodine. the reason why is when they call the supplier up the supplier says they have to share supply with the rest of the country as well as save some for the victims of the japan earthquake and tsunami. this place told me they will always have potassium iodine so that is

not a concern, but they might not get as many as they like. >> darya: 90 6:00 a.m. back with more a couple of minutes. we will talk to our legal expert. he will weigh in on the barry bonds trial. honey...? [ mom ] yes.

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get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. aren't you glad we switched to at&t? yes...but i want my own invisible cord. you already have one. oh. ♪ >> james: >> mark: reports so slight increases in radiation in the area. people are worried. >> darya: let's talk with bay area air quality. people want to know how dangerous is this when we hear detectable or slightly elevated all the way from japan you one and all of it will harm you? >> caller: at this point we are monitoring the instrumentation along the west coast. we have

not seen radiation levels above background. there is need of radiation around us all times. radar, radiation from water space, it just naturally occurs. >> darya: so the difference is, this background happens to be coming from japan verses this stuff that is in our normal neighborhood. >> caller: at this point there are no facts from the disaster. >> darya: even the elevations are not coming from there? >> caller: at this point we don't believe that's the case. >> mark: someone saw some un data reporting there is a slight

elevation in california. but you haven't heard about that? >> caller: i have heard, the information we have access to does not show that. >> darya: regardless it is and not even approaching help all our faultwhen fall. >> caller: net at all. >> mark: if all four would meltdown would we have a concern? >> caller: japan's distance is going to cause a lot of dilution as any potential radioactive material comes across to. most of that material will be deposited in japan appeared it would take the major event to get enough new

killer material into the atmosphere to make the trip across the pacific. and being in concentration high enough to cause consequence. >> mark: many people say the trial will disaster was worse. and we had no negative bent backs. >> caller: we did see very small increases, and there were no levels detected in california that were reason for concern. >> darya: thank you very much. they are reporting the very latest. >> mark: we will be right back as a news continues. >> george: a major problem at first hot spot of the morning connecting ramp from southbound 880, that ramp has been blocked with the big rig that struck a tree and jackknifed. the driver

is injured murmurs of vehicles are responding. we will have details will my return.

tracking our first hot spot this could be a serious problem. it is on 238 getting off of the nimitz freeway. it is southbound 880 on to southbound 238 headed towards castro valley. this could back up the nimitz freeway ride leading into he word. here's what we now a big ring hit a tree, their rank jackknifed, the cab is on its side. chp and fire crews responding to the scene, the possibility of diesel or caps

worn on the road. some reports tabitha dry dirt track. notre with getting through the connecting ramp.no traffic is g lots of traffic towards the central valley uses that connecting ramp. if you drive then the mets you know how many big rigs you share their road with. they may lift the restriction on interstate 580, the mccarter freeway. the connector ramp is blocked southbound 880 onto highway 238. the bay bridge toll plaza for another check, light easy ride but wind advisories are in place for the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, dunbarton bridge and the richmond san rafael. walnut creek it is raining here, if you

can make it out it is light traffic headed through the san ramon valley. time for another check on whether to james. >> james: really impressive showers moving through the north bay right now. we will see where we see the heaviest rain. jackie is probably getting tough on right now. lets take a look and see how much rain is falling, look at how high this goes past in to snap up. even pass nafta. taking a quick reading. there you go, almost 1 in. per hour. people are saying it's raining like cats and dogs.

intense showers out in vallejo and all, i way for. heavier amounts of there's well. also seeing snow out near tahoe, interstate 80 between cisco and colfax. look for chain requirements of looking to be activated. let's give the your scary abouc report. sure herbal. freebase, 9 lifts, 91 months. kirkwood to under 20 in. freebased, 72 runs. 9:50 a.m. >> mark: today for weekly meeting with the lawyer. >> darya: so will start to jury

selection in barry bonds trial. i think what are the questions? >> these cases jury selection is everything. the defense why people who are sports fans to might side with him who loves this liberty of barry bonds. prosecution wants a fair and neutral people who have never heard of him will they be able to find our fair panel of jurors? in san francisco. in this circuit, this is where will be, that is something the prosecutors had to take into consideration when they charged this case. barry bonds as a hero here. the few court appearances he made there are hundreds of fans outside the court room cheering. >> darya: prosecutors are asking

if your doctor fanned? >> third and asked about media coverage. what do you know about the case, that's when the judge has ordered jurors not to talk to the media. stay off the internet. after the trial they can write books, giving interviews, who knows where this could go. >> mark: this is what they're not he knowingly lied to a federal jury about taking steroids. craig anderson is not talking, they don't have any really solid evidence. >> they have a conversation and he will talk and say craig anderson will say he used steroids. they have some tests, you have his former girlfriend saying she saw him use. it's

circumstantial. >> darya: you are one of 20 people from the country that are in the courtroom. >> we will do direct discussions from the court. >> darya: 9:53 a.m. we will be right back. >> mark: vary heavier rain slanting to the north bay, lightning strikes from san rafael, stretching towards 37. through sonoma we will continue to track the storm as a news co

>> george: we continued to attract alley hot spot. a serious headed collided with the tree, there may be a few will

spill involved. nerd numerous numerous emergency vehicles are on the scene. the best thing is to avoid the area. if you normally travel limits from the north outside used jackson street and by past 238. >> mark: and another moving highway 37, looked at from san rafael to sausalito, and read over the richmond san rafael bridge right now. jackie zazzle is jackie is live there. >> a tree fell over the power lines snapping. therefore while

it was on a hot wire. high winds, a director rains pg&e has arrived on the scene, turning off the power appeared >> mark: " what's it like a overpass half-hour? >> winds were about 30 mi. an hour. rain coming down in sheets. i would say more than half an inch per hour. >> mark: reports of three lightning strikes as well. we will be right back with the very latest. california should be proud.

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>> james: looking at san

francisco's some of lows cloud stark. storm tracker for the finest lines of heavy intent showers purg. it stretches to te north, these darker areas of red we have measured rain three- quarters of an inch of rain per hour. more showers after this band stretches beyond novato, a merthe bread showing rain 1 in.r

hour. intense rain and wind. in his brought down one tree, that took down the power poles. we warned you that might happen. this is a system in the pacific the swirling mass of clouds, this system will drop down through the weekend, two storms out of it. we did in new run to see when this rain will move through our area today. new look how intense the showers are over the bay. not until 2:00 p.m. we see a break up enough this leaves us with scattered showers through the day at 5:00 p.m. your evening commute still dealing with scattered showers in parts. dealing livwith this l weekend long. it will be intense

today, tomorrow, sunday as well. a lot of rain and cold air. 10 02 a.m. good morning america.er >> erica: completely shut down at this hour. chp and emergency crews are on the you can see that back up building right here in the sense down direction of the nimitz freeway. speeds down to 14 mi. an hour. we are following the big rig that overturned colliding with the tree out there, chp has no estimated time of reopening the lanes at. if this is your commute allow yourself extra time. other than this hot spot we have been accident free in

the traffic department. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, hardly a back up. drive time of 9 minutes from the foot of the maze towards from countries have francisco. conditions into and out of walnut creek aunt's outbound 680, lots of space between cars here. traffic is moving at the limit. west bound to for a clear shot through the caldecott tunnel. >> reporter: tracking the storm that's hitting the bay area right now. all live look tests san rafael a power line has fallen on trees, jackie is live there right now for us. it looks like it's raining hard. >> reporter: it has led up significantly. they're getting lily of the land, half a mile east in san rafael. and about

9:00 a.m. the winds were strong, a tree blew down. it took the power line with appeared than the power pole broke in half. the hot electrical wire was on the street. they had the street shut off for a while. they turn off the power and now they have to deal with the broken poll. with as much rain and wind as they had an not surprised if you see more more of this kind of thing happen. >> reporter: thank you we will check back with you later one week after the quake or rocks japan this a very new rating of the nuclear incident went up from four up to 05. it is on all seven levels scale. meanwhile

officials evaluating the results on the water spraying operations they used to cool down the reactors. officials connected the cooling equipment to would diesel generator allowing them to pop sea water into the reactors. as a rule last resort they could try and bury the the plant in kron creek and sand. many paused for a minute of silence at one week after their country was turned upside down. many are in shelters, the twin disasters the earthquake and the following tsunami has left thousands dead and thousands masai. hundreds of thousands are staying in shelters as supplies of fuel medicine and other staples are short. the death toll has gone up again, the most recent numbers show that more than 6900 people are confirmed dead.

almost what 11,000 are missing with more than 452,000 people without homes. the new video it is out of japan, shortly after the earthquake a driver was full the inside of his car when the tsunami slams into the coastal roads. he manages to keep rolling, he turned the corner and he could see a wall of water, he had no choice but to continue to drive. is wallace's car, you can tell he is floating throughout town. the water was 6 ft. high, quite shocking to know this driver managed to escape. coming up we will get the very latest out of libya. more importantly we will track the storm. the greens, blues, yellows means wet weather.

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and see for yourself. >> reporter: alive look storm trucker for is tracking rain coming down across the bay. alive report, but first in santa cruz watching the surf i can imagine it is rather high. >> craig: they are taking look at it. it is hitting hard, it will get worse as the day progresses. i'll show you some pictures here. this is hit and the rocks and beaches you can see. but they are saying is at 3:00 p.m. it will get worse. between 3:00 p.m. and sometimes saturday swells were hit 15 ft.. something to factor in. people

working on the harbor recovery say it is not affecting them. often down the coast the waves are definitely high and getting higher appeared here getting no rain. but service is a factor. >> reporter: we will be right back with one issue the radar, santa minutes.

>> reporter: 40 mop mile an hour of wind took off their roof of this landscaping business on pacific avenue in san rosa. wild weather out there this morning. joining us now is often crossed.

>> caller: we have a friend coming through with embedded thunderstorms. reports of hale in san francisco. >> reporter: if are we going to expect this trip the day tonight? >> caller: the ban the move through santa rosa and to san francisco is probably the strongest to date. it will be over by late morning. >> reporter: any advice on how to plan throughout the rest of the day with is whether, at to what people stay indoors, or do you do normal activities? >> caller: go about your business but be careful on the roadways. when

>> reporter: where are the worst weather reports? >> caller: the strongest is the north bay san rosa the gust of wind. >> reporter: we hear are a tornado, or a tornado in light activity have been in san rosa can you address that questiotha >> caller: it was and a tornado it was the gust of wind coming down. >> reporter: is is similar to a micro burst? >> caller: it is confined. >> reporter: what did not over cars, how severe can lead

downburst get? >> caller: they can be stronger than what we hear reports of, this one was probably about 50 mi. an hour which was enough to push down a fence. not enough to knock over cars, or construction damage. >> reporter: thank you for joining us we appreciate your time. let's get the latest on the forecast. >> james: seeing some rainfall rates. let me jump to a map here. the larger band of showers moving through now approaching san francisco. you can see that

well-defined from the golden gate all the way through the north. you can see where we see the heavy rain. we see it moving into san francisco, sausalito's, going through peddle, richmond, this was over san rafael, it is now moving to the east further up north, vallejo, american canyon, readings of the rainfall rates, and half inch per hour almost an inch coming down. intense rain right now as we slide of begin further north we see heavy showers. also of been a shower activity along the peninsula we have a cell moving through headed towards san mateo. we may see it intensified. in the

pacific cold air attacks in men with pacific moisture funneling into the bay area on the backside we will get another wave for sunday as this entire system heads down southern california. of volatile week ahead of us a real soccer. the latest with future cast, we set it to predict how much rain we will get. i fast for the time line to sunday night which is within the next band of rain is expected. 3 in. of rain in napa, novato, look for creeks to swell, possible line floods, a problem for some of the lore roadways keep that in mind as you go about your days this weekend appeare. the seven day t

shows us on stable even next week. >> erica: updates on your hot spot and said the alert. this is affecting southbound 880, it is a confirmed fatality after big greg clyde's with the tree down there. there is no connection making your way toward the castro valley this morning. you can see the bed of slowing pushing its way towards marin boulevard. if you're headed towards castro valley you will have to find an alternate route. it your coming north of the nimitz freeway used jackson street to connect 580, or if you're coming from the southbound direction is 98 that year. if other than this we have been hot spot for it. metering

lights are cycled off, for the most part traffic is flowing freely. no reports of slowing along the upper deck. across town freeways in san francisco, in may be about one out there, we are seeing some slowing right here were the james lick beats him out central. if you're headed in the spot direction to lower deck of the bay bridge that's problem free. >> reporter: we are following what's happening in japan as we monitor recora plume. let's loot where it is currently. the radiation in the plume is extremely diluted, i stress the it will likely not have any health impacts in the united states. they have not detected

increased radiation levels in the area. more monitors have been deployed obviously since people are concerned. even though scientists stressed it will not be harmful. if it is not stopping people from making or run of the solution fo. >> will: is sold out? >> we got calls on sunday. we got the monday so that right away. >> will: you reordered? how much did you reorder? >> 64 yesterday those are sold out. that's thyroid. we have

kelps reports coming into. >> will: you ordered 100 bottles? and there's a waiting list for that? >> yes. i think it's a delicate but it has gone too far. i would give priority closer to the incident area. >> will: you might beat not be the only one trying to get ahold of potassium iodide. stores like this call the supplier up and the supplier says they have to share supply with the rest of the country as well as save some for the victims of the japan earthquake in tsunami. this place told me they will always have potassium iodine, but they might not get as many as they like. >> reporter: the big story this morning is the rain that is here

right now on the bay area. storm tracker for showing us the bright yellow of the storm. we'll find out what happens with james when we come back. [ male announcer ] you are you. you are also your social security number, your credit card numbers, the email in your inbox,

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taking a look at the radar and a live picture. we will have to

>> reporter: teen coverage of the storm hitting the bay area. radar is lit all. a live picture snow coming down in the sierra. james is live with what is happening. >> james: impressive stop on storm tracker 4. you can see instruction to the far reaches

of the north bay. q. can see where it is right now, her right over the golden gate, between san francisco and sausalito. to the north qc and all, richmond, any points across the 80 as you head towards a cartoonist bridge dealing with heavy showers appeared two-thirds of an inch of rain falling now fairly intense. seeing quite a bit of rain falling in vacaville. san a lot of ran up in the hills of the north valley as well. as we head through the next couple of hours a maybe three hours as we watch this cold front moved through the rest of the bay area. we are expecting a significant rain. we see

light to moderate rain offshore here. it will be awhile before we see the cold front of its way through. this is the system in the pacific. through we can it moved south, another storm through sunday as well. we will watch for that. in terms of rainfall, i just updated this a moment ago factoring the latest rainfall, i will fast for the time line, until about 11:00 p.m. sunday evening. over the course of the weekend 3 in. in that book, novato also 3 in., this will be quite a smoker for us this weekend. the winds and that wet ground. will be too

long before the trees are down. 10:32 a.m. let's allow update on your ride. >> erica: updates, and for our hot spot in the southbound direction of to create.238. rigt is shut down that ramp is shut down chp does not have a of a estimated time of reopening the lanes just yet. the corner has been called to the scene because it is a fatal accident. bigger rigs are allowed to use 580 approach in castro valley. expect slow and go condition speeds are as low as 27 mi. an hour. we have been problem free around the bay area, a strong wind advisory in effect along the upper deck at the bay bridge

this morning. interstate 80 looks good, tracking speeds at 65 mi. an hour. getting to the bridges problem free. metering lights are cycled off. conditions in the south bay no hot spots to report. you can see that camera is shaking just little bit. we have cleared that the backup on the 87 interchange. no problems for any of the south bay freeways. >> reporter: we are tracking the storm hitting the bay area right now jackie is live in san rafael where it is coming down. you are keeping us updated on this road that is closed. >> reporter: pg&e got the power turned off. rudest closed. the north bay is taking the brunt of it at about 9:00 a.m. the winds were blowing extremely hard, a

tree blew over, into the power line. when the power line went down the pole went down, the power went out. i am half a mile east of the civic center which houses the jail. lost power for a short time. they went into backup power and are doing ok. the lines are down but they are turned off no power is going to them. as much rain and wind it doesn't surprise me at all to see this repeated across the bay. >> reporter: do many people live in that area? >> 250 people are without power. it is isolated out here, last we heard they said about 250 folks

are without power. >> reporter: thank you for that update jackie. it was one week ago after the devastating quake rocked japan and the severity rating is now up from four to five. it is on an seven level scale. seven local is what happened at chernobyl. they're still waiting for results on the water spraying. they connected the cooling equipment to diesel generator that allowed them to pump see water directly into too of the reactors. hopefully it works because the last resort is to bury the plant in concrete and sand. japanese prime minister said he is committed to doing all it is needed to overcome this crisis. this is not a time for pessimism and the danger surrounding the plant is

still very real. >> the situation surrounding the accident is very grave. in order to overcome this crisis. the police, fire department, defense forces and other groups are working together. putting their lives on line, in an attempt to resolve the situation. >> reporter: coming up next, more on the wet weather. the alive look at the raider. james keeps an eye on what is happening. we will find out when this rain will stop, a comeback.

>> reporter: it is the wet day, some of your pictures you have been sending into the newsroom.

this one is out of santa rosa, a wind damage our roof. a strong 40 mi. an hour down burst of wind took their true for all of this landscaping business. we appreciate wild weather pictures. if it's safe to do so that would be great. you are our eyes and ears out there send them to us at breakingnews@kron4.com. we want to jackie where he has been following a volatile situation weather wise. >> reporter: it has been raining for the last hour and a half. i would guess half an inch adenauer, torrential rain appeared gusting up where 30 mi. an hour. you can see the

flooding going on right here some of these dreams are going to brains are going to be overwhelmed. a heavy cells coming through here in the north bay. lots of wind, if your route about definitely be aware of those huge puddles. >> reporter: it's a windshield wiper type of day. we have hot spot we are following this morning as well. >> erica: alive look at our feet a hot spot affecting traffic southbound to 38. more details after the break with the news continues.

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>> reporter: 10:45 a.m. we are tracking the hot spot, a fatal accident yoli is live right now at the scene. we are looking at

a big back up. >> reporter: armonk 238.i am onu cannot jump on the 238 a has been completely shut down headed towards castro valley. you can see the truck. reports say it jackknifed, going right into the tree. they are trying to remove the body. this is a fatality, no word on when they will reopen the connector. no trafficking get through. traffic you see through coms 880 headed north. but as far as southbound is concerned, it has been shut down. but >> reporter: you captured s that seem with them moving the body

out i'm sorry we showed that this morning. we appreciate your reporting. let's get us a closer look at the traffic in how you can navigate around. >> erica: following the traffic map it is a confirmed fatality. 880 connecting onto southbound 238, specifically trying to get to castro valley. if you are headed down the nimitz freeway you concede speeds down 18 mi. per hour. as for alternates if you are coming from the san mateo bridge you can use jackson street. if you are coming in the southbound direction, you can use 98 avenue getting ewing to castro valley. if this is your

commute to expect delays. they have no estimated time in reopening the lanes. big rigs are now allowed to use 580 it will have an impact. taking a look at some better news, san francisco across town freeway is nothing to report here. it is wet and raining, more on that with james following the weather. no accidents or incidents to report at the james lick where it meets the central freeway if you are headed to the lower deck of the bay bridge it is an easy ride. we kept them problem free all morning long for ac transit board and me. >> james: all of that rain pretty impressive. you can see the camera is located right there. daly city getting rain as

well. one-third of an inch per hour. further north and looks like berkeley and all dealing with heavy showers right now. it looks like you are seeing heavy rain from quarter of an inch to 1/2 an inch per hour right now. you are seeing heavy rain in vallejo, getting out from underneath that finally appearey. this cold front will h through. off the coast of half moon bay, you see the deep red. i took are reading to a half inches per hour. hopefully it dissipates before hits land, but good rainfall totals. the center low pressure systems and

the southeastern system going around and the counter clockwise and position. with it another storm for sunday. here's where the rain will move 10:00 a.m., by noon heavy rain through the heart of the bay, by 2:00 p.m. we will deal with scattered showers fairly intense at times. evening drive at 5:00 p.m. heavy showers for the south bay. it will be spotty all the way through to tomorrow ended through the day. there's a second storm system associated with the system, it will be equally strong, not only bring us rain, hail, all the wind, but a lot of snow to topple. let's give the your ski report, kicking it off with heavenly, 99 in., 13 lifts open, 47 rounds.

sugar bowl, 1 24 in. for your basic, 9 lifts, 91 runs. kirkwood 220 in. for their basic 12 list. >> reporter: out of santa cruz where the harbor will be closed until tuesday. this surf will not slow down efforts to halt jump out of the water as a result of the tsunami. crews did find a large obstacle at the entrance to the harbor, they will take a closer look at it. this is the surf whip up because of the bad weather. out of libya a spokesman has dismissed the cease-fire announcement saying gaddafi's of forces are attacking the east and west. this is after foreign minister

announced the government would stop all military operations. western powers are racing to prevent more attacks. they passed a resolution setting the stage for air strikes. other military measures basically short of a ground invasion. president barack obama set to make this statement on libya. secretary of state secretary of state hillary clinton says action speaks louder than march. she says now the union and has approved military action in the world is waiting to see whether gaddafi's forces retreat from opposition areas. the u.s. is not impressed by the claim of a cease-fire saying we would have to see action on the ground. that has not been all clear. the new york times reporting for reporters who were reported

missing earlier this week, have been found. they were covering the libyan conflict. they were captured by forces loyal to gaddafi, word is they will be released today, information about their whereabouts was given to our reporter. obviously a lot of relief there. coming up we will have more on your weather forecast, it is raining, probably don't have to tell you that. out of washington president barack obama expecting to address the nation on the situation in libya. we will be right back.

>> reporter: storm trucker for showing you downpour's rate from san rafael down to san mateo.

san francisco getting rain, san jose you are next. our roof camera in san francisco, gray, windy, wet day. hopefully it will get a bit better. but it looks like there rain will stay with us through the weekend. if you have travel plans. sfo has to hour and 30 minute delays. you should check with your airline before you travel today. continuing coverage as we track the storm through the day today. go to our web site kron 4 dog, for the very latest conditionsko join us this weekend but more importantly go to our web site to look at the weather and the radar.